own from such a height; and, instead of descending, he
mounted higher and higher, until at length the earth appeared only
like an apple, he had flown so high.

Just then a strong wind arose, which carried Malandrach Tsarevich into
an unknown country; and his strength failed him, so that he could not
manage his wings, and he began to fall. Then he beheld the wide sea
beneath him, and was exceedingly terrified; but, collecting his
remaining strength, he rose aloft again, and looked around on all four
sides to see whether any shore was to be seen. At length he descried
in the distance a small island; so he flew towards it, and alighting,
he took off his wings and took them under his arms. Thereupon he set
out rambling about the island in search of food, for he was sorely
pinched by hunger; and he found by chance a tree with sweet fruit upon
it, of which he ate his fill. Then he lay down to sleep upon the
grass, under a spreading tree, and slept there until daybreak.

In the morning Malandrach arose and was about to fasten on his wings;
but his arms ached so much that he could not move them; so he was
obliged to stay there ten long days. On the eleventh day, however, he
fastened on the wings, blessed himself, mounted high into the air, and
looked around on all sides to seek for his father's kingdom; he could
not, however, discover it, but toward evening he espied a shore, upon
which was a thick forest; so he alighted, took off his wings, and
following a path, he came at last to the gates of a city. Then he
concealed his wings under a bush, and going into the city, enquired
for the market. And when they showed him the way, he went to it, and
bought a long cloak. Then he returned to the forest, put his wings
under his arm, and betook himself again to the city, where he met a
man whom he asked: "Know you, friend, of any dwelling that is to be
let?" The stranger replied: "You are doubtless a foreigner?"

"As you say," replied the Tsarevich Malandrach; "I am a merchant from
India, and have come hither in a ship with my wares. Our vessel was
wrecked in a storm, and I was cast upon the shore of this kingdom upon
a raft, to which I had made myself fast."

"My friend," said the stranger, "if you like, come and live with me; I
will maintain you like my own son." So Malandrach willingly consented,
and went home with the stranger, and lived in his house more than a
month, never going outside the courtyard. His host, observing this,